Quote Originally Posted by ladderman
... I’m already thinking about my next venture in to liquidcooling, and just like climbing mountains the next one has to be more of a challenge than the one before. I think ultimately the route I need to go down is building my own custom case, because that way you can have total control of the build instead of being constrained by the limitation of manufactured cases
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I'm still buying tools for my project case build. Just received the Autocad software to design it. Have long list of suppliers of various materials, and a friend who can design electronic circuits in his sleep.

Quote Originally Posted by ladderman
Look at the cost of a top quality case like the TJ07 or your 343B, what’s the first thing we need to do with it, strip it down and start hacking bits off that give us problems. Are we mad or what lol. If I’m honest I thinks I get more enjoyment out of building PCs than using them....
The first PC I ever owned was a self built PC with an Intel 486 4Mhz CPU and 512Kb of RAM. DOS O/S. I have custom built over 600 PC's/servers since, and for the first time am planning to custom build a very different type of an xtreme rig. I'm currently on a very steep learning curve to understand all the various cooling techniques including Thermoacoustics, Thermoelectric, Advance Heatpipes and refrigeration technology.

This forum and in particular threads like this one, has highlighted just how important it is to plan and triple checking your measurements.